Global Athlete Congress Participants
Special Olympics athletes participating in the Global Athlete Congress represent all regions of the world where Special Olympics operates. The athletes, all of whom were nominated by their regions, have served in a leadership capacity for the movement.
Please follow the links below to each athlete's page, where you will find the athlete's biography and voting record. During the Congress, athletes were given green, red and yellow cards, each representing a different possible answer to an issue. The athletes' votes are color coded to correspond with the cards they were given.
Global Athlete Congress Chair
Loretta Claiborne (outgoing), Special Olympics Pennsylvania (USA)
Ephraim Mohlokane (incoming), Special Olympics South Africa
Africa
Joshua Japheth Masai Agare, Special Olympics Kenya
Delano Beukes, Special Olympics Namibia
Wendy Grant, Special Olympics Zimbabwe
Yonana Madole, Special Olympics Tanzania
Florence Nabayinda, Special Olympics Uganda
Asia Pacific
Rahima Desai, Special Olympics Pakistan
Johari Bin Jamali, Special Olympics Malaysia
Ryuzo Ogasawara, Special Olympics Japan
Suzie O'Moore, Special Olympics Australia
Hanako Sawayama, Special Olympics Singapore
Steven White, Special Olympics Australia
East Asia
Xu Chuang, Special Olympics China
Zhang Ping, Special Olympics China
Jia Sirui, Special Olympics China
Peter Tzu-Ang Wang, Special Olympics Taiwan
Tam Wai Yip, Special Olympics China
Europe/Eurasia
Marcela Klicperová, Special Olympics Czech Republic
Catriona Ryan, Special Olympics Ireland
Stig Martin Sandvik, Special Olympics Norway
Serena Silvi, Special Olympics Italy
Jaques Van Hees, Special Olympics Belgium
Latin America
Pablo Acuña, Special Olympics Costa Rica
Heidi Cuello, Special Olympics Dominican Republic
Nino Dürler, Special Olympics El Salvador
Alfredo Grimas, Special Olympics Panama
Divia Lewis, Special Olympics Panama
José Luis Mejia, Special Olympics Honduras
Victor Saavedra, Special Olympics Paraguay
Alberto Sassoon, Special Olympics Venezuela
Francisco Soler, Special Olympics Mexico
Álvaro Miranda Sousa, Special Olympics Peru
Middle East/North Africa
Hussein Abdel-Rida Hamid Darwich, Special Olympics United Arab Emirates
Dina Galal, Special Olympics Egypt
Hiba Sami Hammoud, Special Olympics Lebanon
North America
Joshua Anderson, Special Olympics Montana (USA)
Roberta Blomster, Special Olympics Minnesota (USA)
Ben Collins, Special Olympics Maryland (USA)
Richard Darrel Conley, Special Olympics Kansas (USA)
Terrance Davis, Special Olympics St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Kester Edwards, Special Olympics District of Columbia (USA)
Samuel Finely, Special Olympics Florida (USA)
Marie Ann Gonzalez, Special Olympics Florida (USA)
Kirk Grogan, Special Olympics Idaho (USA)
Rodney Hankins, Special Olympics New York (USA)
Jack Hess, Special Olympics Canada
Tony Hill, Special Olympics Illinois (USA)
Erin Holloway, Special Olympics Colorado (USA)
Todd Howard, Special Olympics Georgia (USA)
Stacey Johnston, Special Olympics Washington (USA)
Jamie David Lazaroff, Special Olympics Connecticut (USA)
Ken McLean, Special Olympics Canada
Paul Michael Marretti, Special Olympics Virginia (USA)
Emily Jane Matlack, Special Olympics California (USA)
Katie Meade, Special Olympics Iowa (USA)
Drew Metzger, Special Olympics Indiana (USA)
Teresa Moore, Special Olympics Hawaii (USA)
Henry Moretti, Special Olympics Rhode Island (USA)
Bryan Ruff, Special Olympics Georgia (USA)
Philip Saxon, Special Olympics Delaware (USA)
Carla Schipp, Special Olympics Maryland (USA)
Mervin Smirkle, Special Olympics Caribbean
Christine Victory, Special Olympics Texas (USA)
Jennifer Polk Wardlow, Special Olympics North Carolina (USA) |
